VICTORIA MINE TRAGEDY.
Melbourne, Saturday
The descomposed bodies of a man and woman were found in a sbait of the Rushworth mine, which had been closed for four years. The affair is mysterious, as nobody is reported missing. The shalft was the resort of swagmen.
The police are investigating the Rushworth mine mystery, and it is believed the murdered bodies could not have been got where they were found without lifting the baling tanks, weighing four hundredweight. It would have taken more than oue person to do this. A quantity of iron rails and other debris was also thrown on top of the tank. The male victim is over 6 feet and strongly built. The frontal bone of his skull is completely smashed. The woman’s head is missing, but may have disappeared by natural decomposition. Amongst quantities of clothes found in the shaft was a newspaper dated August 29th. The victims were strangers to the district.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 442, 1 December 1908, Page 3
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156VICTORIA MINE TRAGEDY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 442, 1 December 1908, Page 3
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